EVERSANA INTOUCH · 6 hours ago
Director, Strategic Planning (Pharma Ad Agency Experience Required)
New York, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$119K/yr - $176K/yr
8+ years expEVERSANA INTOUCH is a leading full-service, global healthcare agency serving the life sciences and pharmaceutical industries. The Planning Director will act as a strategic leader, collaborating closely with clients and internal teams to provide data-driven insights and innovative strategies that enhance brand communication and drive business results.
AdvertisingCRMHealth CareMarketing
Responsibilities
Work side-by-side with account and creative partners to crystallize client needs and business opportunities
Utilize powerful analytical skills to rapidly synthesize large quantities of information, bring forward critical observations and insights, and ensure that strategic conclusions and opportunities are grounded in data for every stage of the problem-solving process
Translate findings into insights to fuel strategic communication and great creative
Answer key questions about how the customer behaves across all channels and how brands play a meaningful, influential role in their journey
Establish solid relationships with cross-functional subject matter experts and glean deep understanding of their roles and contributions to bring a depth of rich expertise to strategic recommendations
Develop and articulate strategies that inspire innovative work, including brand strategies; patient, caregiver and HCP journeys; comprehensive multichannel plans and ad hoc assignments
Establish self as a planning subject matter expert in the eyes of internal counterparts and clients – an expert in pharma, assigned brands, audiences, landscape and category trends
Connect digital to all aspects of business to drive growth opportunities
Have well-formed opinions to help guide multi-discipline teams regarding data-driven marketing, mobile, social and general marketing trends that influence client work
Shepherd strategies and behavior insights through all stages of development to creative output
Lead workshops, both internal and/or client-facing, taking the lead in designing, facilitating and moderating to achieve client goals
Balance multiple simultaneous projects and assignments
Exercise sound judgment
Rally all teams and effectively lead, influence, and negotiate across different disciplines to drive an focused agenda and achieve desired outcomes
Demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion through continuous development, modeling inclusive behaviors, and proactively managing bias
All other duties as assigned
Responsible for and oversee their respective department
Interview, select and supervise the activities of the department staff; communicate interpret and discuss with team the company policies and procedures
Determine job objectives, work methods and performance standards; review performance relative to departmental objectives discussion appraisal with each employee and performance; authorize and communicate salary changes, promotions, transfers, discipline, and discharge and administer all other personnel actions
Qualification
Required
An entrepreneur
Extensive experience within the Pharmaceutical or Healthcare industry
Minimum of 8 years of experience in planning, strategic planning and related communications experience
Deep understanding of digital channels and knowledge of the various roles and contributions of other strategic disciplines such as CRM and social media
Proven ability to think creatively; evidence of success in developing digital multichannel strategies for brands and delivering them to market
Strong digital and analytical capabilities a must
Storyteller and persuasive presenter
Thinker and doer – a highly collaborative whiteboarder who believes a plan is only as good as its execution
Ability to manage up, down and across with influence versus positional power
Comfortable in both independent and team working scenarios
Humble, hard worker with insatiable curiosity and commitment to ongoing learning and team success
Preferred
Advertising agency experience is a huge plus
Sense of humor strongly preferred
Company
EVERSANA INTOUCH
EVERSANA INTOUCH is a commercial services platform that offers healthcare marketing services.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Francis Namouk
SVP, Client Partner
Daniel J. Gandor
Executive Vice President, Head of Omnichannel and Digital Transformation
Recent News
2025-08-19
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